• 2012/13 financial review of the Broadcasting
Standards Authority, the Electricity Corporation of New
Zealand Limited, the Government Superannuation Fund
Authority, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, the
New Zealand Productivity Commission , the New Zealand
Tourism Board, Public Trust, the Real Estate Agents
Authority, and the Standards Council

• 2012/13 financial
review of Transpower New Zealand Limited, and Report from
the Controller and Auditor-General on Transpower New
Zealand Limited: Managing risks to transmission
assets

• Credit Contracts and Financial Services Law
Reform Bill (104-2)

Education and Science
Committee

• 2012/13 financial review of Careers
New Zealand

• 2012/13 financial review of the Tertiary
Education Commission

Health
Committee

• 2012/13 financial review of the
Hawke's Bay District Health Board

• 2012/13 financial
review of the South Canterbury District Health
Board

Officers of Parliament
Committee

• Alterations to the 2013/14
appropriations for Vote Audit, Vote Ombudsmen, and Vote
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, and 2014/15
draft budgets for the Office of the Controller and
Auditor-General, the Office of the Ombudsmen, and the Office
of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
(I.15C)

Regulations Review
Committee

• Activities of the Regulations
Review Committee in 2012 (I.16E)

Transport and
Industrial Relations Committee

• Petition
2011/91 of Roger Fowler on behalf of the Respect Our
Community Campaign

Bills referred to select
committees

Finance and
Expenditure

• New Zealand Superannuation and
Retirement Income Amendment Bill (166-1)

Local
Government and Environment

• Kaikoura (Te
Tai-o-Marokura) Marine Management Bill
(194-1)

Changes in committee
membership

Health
Committee

• Poto Williams replaces Moana Mackey
(SO 184(2))

Committee
notes

Commerce

The committee
met on 20 March to consider and hear evidence on the
Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill, and hear evidence on
the 2012/13 financial reviews of Solid Energy New Zealand
and the Commerce Commission. The committee also considered
the 2012/13 financial reviews of New Zealand Post,
Television New Zealand and Kordia Group, and Petition
2011/61 of Pam Cornelius and 934 others, and Petition
2011/65 of Jan Henderson.

The committee is currently
calling for submissions on the Energy (Fuels, Levies and
References) Amendment Bill with a closing date of Thursday,
17 April 2014.

The committee will meet on 8, 9 and 10
April to consider the Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill,
hear evidence on the 2012/13 financial reviews of the
Broadcasting Commission and New Zealand Trade and
Enterprise, and consider the 2012/13 financial reviews of
Solid Energy New Zealand, Genesis Energy, Mighty River Power
and the Commerce Commission.

Education and Science

The committee met on 19 March to hear evidence
on the inquiry into engaging parents into the education of
their children. The committee considered the 2012/13
financial reviews of Careers New Zealand and the Tertiary
Education Commission, and the Education Amendment Bill (No
2) and has called for submissions on the bill with a closing
date of 30 April 2014.

The committee will meet on 9 April
to hear evidence on a briefing on the implementation of Ka
Hikitia, and evidence on its inquiry into engaging parents
into the education of their children. Both hearings of
evidence will be open to the public.

Finance and
Expenditure

The committee met on 19 March when
it considered the petition of Penelope Mary Bright and 13
others. The committee also further considered the 2012/13
financial review of the Earthquake Commission and the
Taxation (Annual Rates, Employee Allowances, and Remedial
Matters) Bill.

The committee will next meet on 9
April.

Foreign Affairs, Defence and
Trade

The committee met on 20 March to hear
evidence on the briefing into United Nations
reform.

Government Administration

The
committee did not meet this week.

Health

The committee met on 19 March 2014 when it
further considered the 2012/13 financial review of the South
Canterbury District Health Board, the 2012/13 financial
review of the Hawke’s Bay District Health Board, the
2012/13 financial review of the Southern District Health
Board, the Smoke-free Environment (Tobacco Plain Packaging)
Amendment Bill, the Briefing on Child Matters – Visiting
Specialists, the Briefing on matters relating to the inquiry
into improving child health outcomes and preventing child
abuse with a focus from preconception until three years of
age and Petition 2011/88 of Sym Gardiner. It also heard
evidence on Petition 2011/66 of Ann Chapman and 1,053
others.

The committee will next meet on 9 April
2014.

Justice and Electoral

The
committee met on 20 March to hear evidence on the Judicature
Modernisation Bill, and the Harmful Digital Communications
Bill. It also considered the Human Rights Amendment Bill.

The committee will next meet on Wednesday 26 March to
hear further evidence on the Harmful Digital Communications
Bill. It will also consider the Public Safety (Public
Protection Orders) Bill, the Objectionable Publications and
Indecency Legislation Bill, and the 2012/13 financial
reviews of the Human Rights Commission, the Electoral
Commission, the Law Commission, the Privacy Commission, and
the Abortion Supervisory Committee, and to further consider
the Human Rights Amendment Bill

Law and Order

The committee met on Wednesday, 19 March 2014 to
hear evidence to hear evidence on the 2012/13 financial
review of the Independent Police Conduct Authority.

The
committee will meet on Wednesday, 10 April 2014 to consider
the Parole Amendment Bill and further consider the 2012/13
financial review of the Independent Police Conduct
Authority.

Local Government and Environment

The committee met 20 March to consider the Local
Government Act 2002 Amendment Bill (No 3), Petition 2011/74
of Christine Toms, Petition 2011/17 of Mark Loyal Gibson on
behalf of the Avon-Otakaro Network and 18,656 others, and
the Manukau City Council (Regulation of Prostitution in
Specified Places) Bill.

The committee is currently calling
for submissions on the Environment Reporting Bill, the
Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill, and
the Kaikōura (Te Tai-o-Marokura) Marine Management Bill.
The bills all have the closing date for submissions of 17
April 2014.

The committee will next meet on 10
April.

Māori Affairs

The committee
met this week to consider the New Zealand Mission Trust
Board (Otamataha) Empowering Bill, the Ngāti Hauā Claims
Settlement Bill, the Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Claims
Settlement Billl, and the Te Urewera-Tūhoe Bill. The
committee also considered the 2012/13 financial review of Te
Taura Whiri I Te Reo Māori and the 2011/82 Petition of
Edward Penetito on behalf of Ngati Kauwhata.

The
committee will not meet next week.

Primary
Production

The committee met on 20 March to
consider the Food Bill and the Animal Welfare Amendment
Bill.

The committee will next meet on 10 April when it
will further consider the Food Bill.

Privileges

The committee met on Tuesday 18 March 2014 to
finish its hearings on the Parliamentary Privilege
Bill.

The committee will not meet next
week.

Regulations Review

The committee
met on 20 March to consider the complaint regarding the
Legal Services Regulations (payment for legal aid work)
2011, and its inquiry into oversight of disallowable
instruments that are not legislative instruments. The
committee scrutinised various legislative instruments, and
disallowable instruments that are not legislative
instruments.

The committee will next meet on 10 April to
consider the complaint regarding the Canterbury Earthquake
(Building Act) Order 2011, and the complaint regarding the
Legal Services Regulations (payment for legal aid work)
2011. The committee will consider its inquiry into oversight
of disallowable instruments that are not legislative
instruments. The committee will continue it scrutiny of
various legislative instruments, and disallowable
instruments that are not legislative
instruments.

Social Services

The
committee met on 19 March to consider and hear evidence on
the 2012/13 financial review of the Retirement Commissioner,
as well as the Social Security (Clothing Allowances for
Orphans and Unsupported Children) Amendment Bill. The
meeting was open to the public, while the Retirement
Commissioner and officials from the Commission for Financial
Literacy and Retirement Income appeared before the
committee, and again while submitters, including the
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust NZ, appeared before
the committee. The committee also considered the Vulnerable
Children Bill and the Veterans’ Support bill.

The
committee is not meeting during the first week of the next
two-week adjournment. However, the committee is meeting
three times in the second adjournment week to hear
submissions on its inquiry into the funding of specialist
sexual violence social services.

The first meeting will be
held in Auckland on 1 April in Paataka Room 1, Novotel
Auckland Airport Hotel, located at Auckland International
Airport on Ray Emery Drive. The second meeting will be held
in Wellington on Wednesday, 2 April in Parliament buildings.
The exact venue has yet to be determined. The third meeting
will be held in Dunedin, on 3 April at the Scenic Hotel
Southern Cross, Corner of Princes and High Street. The
timings of the hearings and the location of the Wellington
hearing will be advised in the schedule of committee
meetings on the Parliament website in due
course.

Standing Orders

The committee
did not meet this week.

Transport and Industrial
Relations

The committee met on 20 March 2014 to
hear evidence on the Land Transport Amendment Bill, and to
consider the Immigration Bill (No 2) and the Health and
Safety Reform Bill. The committee also considered Petition
2011/91 of Roger Fowler on behalf of the Respect our
Community Campaign.

The committee will next meet on 10
April.

Closing dates for
submissions

Committees are receiving submissions
on the following items with the closing date
shown:

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